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Szewce, Janow Forests

Janow Forests, Poland

Janow Forests Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Lasy Janowskie) - a protected Landscape Park on the Bilgoraj Plains between Zaklikow and Frampol. Janow Forests, adjacent to the Western Roztocze, are one of the largest forest area in the south - eastern Poland and in fact in Europe. The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lublin Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

Landscape Park, which includes the eastern part of the Janow Forests was created in 1984. The Park area - 391.50 km ˛, the Park buffer zone area - 605 km ˛, thus, a total of almost 100,000 hectares. 80% of the Park is covered by forests - mainly pine, fir and pine and mixed, which in large part are natural. The remainder are ponds, swamps and bogs. There is located 7 monuments of nature and 6 nature reserves with a total area of 4264.69 ha.
In the forests can be found 800 species of vascular plants, of which approximately 130 are protected species.

Forests are the mainstay of animals and birds. Janow Forests are one of the larger refuges of animals in the south - eastern Poland. There are numerous populations of deer, wild boar, elk, wolves, badgers, beavers, otters and foxes. Forests are also an important refuge of birds, there are about 170 species of birds. Janow Forests are especially valuable because of the avifauna inhabiting them. In the vicinity of the ponds you can find bittern, gray heron, shoveler, black tern and river tern. The peculiarity of these areas are refuges for the capercaillie and black grouse. The area is also inhabited by numerous birds of prey included white-tailed eagle, spotted eagle and lesser spotted eagle, black and red kite, marsh harrier and meadow harrier.
In the Janow Forests can be found many species of reptiles: spotted gniewosz, adder, grass snake and lizards.

Moreover, beyond its natural beauty, the park lies within the area of partisan battles, which occurred in June 1944.

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Terri Steele07-Feb-2012 21:43
Beautiful landscape with the very inviting path.... Nicely done ;)
fineartism01-Feb-2012 09:28
Beautiful scene, beautifully captured !!!
Wonderful light !!! V
Maurice.
Buz Kiefer31-Jan-2012 21:28
Nice leading lines and a perfectly exposed snow field. Nice Tomasz. Vote.
Patricia Kay31-Jan-2012 21:22
A very beautiful and inviting Winter scene Tomasz...BV
Walter Otto Koenig31-Jan-2012 20:27
Great perspective and lighting. Nice processing work. "V"
Guest 31-Jan-2012 19:57
Very well captured. Beautiful colors.
Coleen Perilloux Landry31-Jan-2012 19:20
Very beautiful shot. V
fotabug31-Jan-2012 16:25
A wonderful, inviting scene! And the snow converts it into a winter wonderland!
J. Scott Coile31-Jan-2012 15:21
Lovely snow.
Paco López31-Jan-2012 15:09
Fantastic!! V!
Jim Coffman31-Jan-2012 14:04
A very beautiful winter scene!
Ed McConnell31-Jan-2012 14:00
great image and exposure Tomasz..thanks for the information also.
Guest 31-Jan-2012 13:14
Great! V.
Gary Hebert31-Jan-2012 12:50
excellent winter scene with great light Tomasz... wonder what it would look like using Topaz Star Effects... V.
Irena Jurecic31-Jan-2012 12:18
Wonderful winter scene, nice composition. V
Dan31-Jan-2012 11:54
Very nice v
Chris Morton31-Jan-2012 11:07
a lovely image, thanks for sharing